Combined cigarette and match holder



Okt. 28 .924.

7 1,513,653 A. R. TALLMAN COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MATCH HOLDER Filed March- 24 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l 0a.. 28, 1924. 1,513,653 A. R. TALLMAN COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MATCH HOLDER Filed March 24 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

UNITED STATES ALBERT ROWE TALLHAN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

COMBINED CIGARETTE AND HATCH HOLDER.

Application filed mien 24, mi. Serial no. 701,542.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT R. TALLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Combined Cigarette and Match Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide novel means whereby matches may be held on a cigar or cigarette case for the convenience of a smoker, it being unnecessary to carry in the pocket, as separate articles, one container for the cigars or cigarettes, and another container for the matches wherewith the cigars or cigarettes are lighted.

It'iswit-hin the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to inhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

Although the preferred embodiments of the invention are shown and described, it will be understood that a mechanic, exercising such skill as he might be expected to ess, and working within the scope of what'is claimed, may make alterations without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, the case being opened;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section wherein the case is shown closed;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Figure 1, the matches being omitted;

Figure 4 is a plan showing a modification, the case being opened partly;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, there is shown a case 1 for cigars or cigarettes, the

case comprising members 2 and 3, the member 2 having a corrugated rack for the cigarettes 5. The members 2 and 3 of the case are equipped with cooperating knuckles 6 through which passes a hinge pin 7, the members 2 and 3 of the case thus being so connected that the case may be opened up and closed. The cigarettes are held on the rack 4 by a retainer having sockets 9 wherein the hinge pin 7 is received, the retainer thus being mounted for swinging movement. A spring 10 is disposed about the pin 7 bethe striking tween the sockets 9 of the retainer 8, one end 11 of the spring bearing on the retainer 8, and the other end 12 of the spring hearing on the member 3 of the case 1. The.

spring 10, therefore, exercises a two-fold office, in that it not only serves to swing the members 2 and 3 of the case to openposition, but also serves as a means for swinging the retainer 8 against the cigarettes 5 w hold them in the rack 4.

The member 3 of the case 1 isprovided with a main opening 14 and with an auxiliary opening 17 which is located at the inner end of the opening 14, an integral bar 16'being left in the member 3,. between the openings 14 and 17. An ofl'set and closed receptacle 15 is attached to the outer surface of the member 3 and extends about the openings 14 and 17.

The numeral 18 designates a carrier, generally made of pasteboard, and having a striking surface for matches 20, which are 7 secured to the carrier, the striking surface being marked by the numeral 19. A tongue 21 may project from one end of the carrier 18. The carrier is t ust through the opening 14, behind the ar 16, the matches 20 1 being accessible through the openin 14, and surface 19 being rendered accessible through the opening 1 The tongue 21 overlaps the inner surface of the member 3, so that the carrier can be pulled readily out of the receptacle 15, when all of the. matches 20 have been detached from the carrier. The matches 20 and the striking surface 19 are accessible when the case 1 is opened up wholly or in parts, and, consequently, the case may be used as a shield against the wind, when the matches are being struck on the striking surface 19, and while the cigarette or cigar is being lighted. In order to hold the case closed, against the action of the spring 10, the member 3 is provided at its free end with a keeper 22 adapted to be engaged in an opemng 23 formed in the intermediate portion of a spring latch 24 attached at its ends, as at 25, to the free end of the member 2, the latch being provided with a finger piece 26 extended through the free end of the member 2, and constituting means whereby the latch 24 mayl be pushed inwardly to release it from t e keeper 22. The free ends of the members 2 and 3 of the case 1 are equipped with the usual projections 50 by which the operator may pry the case open, should he desire t refrain from ushing the finr piece 26 inwardly and refeasing the latch 24 rom the keeper 22.

In Figures 4, 5 and 6, the case 27 comprises members 28 and 29 connected by a bin e 30 of the sort hereinbefore described, the inge pin 31 carrying swinging retainers 32 operated by a spring 33, correspond ing to the spring 10. The member 28 of the case has fingers 34 adapted to be received in seats 35 formed in the member 29 of the case, to hold the members of the case against relative movement in parallel planes. The member 29 ma be notched as at 36 for the reception of a atch 37 on the member 28.

To the outer surface of the member 28 of g the case, a vmatch receptacle 38 is secured,

filtrates wall 40 and having an external manipulating button 46.

A glance at Figure 5 will render it evident that matches may be carried in the receptacle 38 it being possible to open the closure 42 an obtain a match.

I claim 1. A case for cigarettes and the like, comprising hingedl connected members, one of which is provided with an ofiset match receptacle, said member having an opening giving access to the matches in the receptacle from the inside of the case.

2. A case for cigarettes and the like, comprising hingedl connected members, one of which is provi ed with an ofi'set matchi receptacle, said member having spaced openings, one of which gives access to the matches in the receptacle from the inside of the case, the other of which gives access to the striking surface of a match carrier, from the inside of the case. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed fisi ature.

ALBERT ROMMNE r 1 AN. 

